This may or may not be related to the Narconon case but it sure doesn't paint a good picture.

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I am a volunteer advocate for victims of the Narconon scam. I am a former scientologist. I post anonymously. Mary McConnell is my long time nom de plume. Feel free to contact me for assistance in righting the wrongs.

I am a volunteer advocate for victims of the Narconon scam. I am a former scientologist. I post anonymously. Mary McConnell is my long time nom de plume. Feel free to contact me for assistance in righting the wrongs.

Not sure if there is a connection here, but this company is 15 minutes away from MedPro and the President's bio indicates she's worked elsewhere in the field and is on the board in other companies. Her company handles St. Gregory, which is another non-traditional rehab.

Mary,

Do you know of any connection between these two companies?

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"But now," says the Once-ler, "Now that you're here,the word of the Lorax seems perfectly clear.UNLESS someone like you,cares a whole awful lot,nothing is going to get better. Its not!" - Dr. Seuss

7. Should I be concerned if my billing service is generating claims with billed charges higher than industry averages?

Answer: Yes! If your billing service is generating higher-than-industry claim charges, you are susceptible to future charge backs and possible insurance fraud claims. At PRRS, we always protect our clients from any possible charge backs or of being accused of insurance fraud. Billing services tend to only care about their profitability, and that is the main reason for them billing out higher claim charges without consideration for their clients. Remember: Insurance carriers will always hold the provider of services accountable for billing fraud and charge backs. They never go after the billing provider. Yet PRRS’ goal is to be an extension of your financial department, and we do not take risks that would threaten your business.

The package of capabilities offered by behavioral health billing companies, which include not only MedPro, but newer competitors including Medivance (Sunrise, Fla.) and Professional Resource Recovery Solutions (PRRS, Sunrise, Fla.) include billing and collections, behavioral health benefit verifications, and utilization review management. ...According to Scott Delmarr, CEO of PRRS, service conversations usually begin when one organization hears that another is getting a higher level of reimbursement for a particular code or treatment. "Typically, an owner or an executive brings in the results of their billing group and says, 'What's the UCR (usual, customary, and reasonable fee) that you are getting for this procedure?' When we show them and when they see a difference, they think, 'maybe we should try this."

but no mention of MedPro Billing or Melissa Zachariasz. I understand targetting your competitors' customers in keywords, but not including your own company's keywords?? Unless you don't want that info to be found... ?

Not sure, but Luke may know some more about the use of meta-keywords. There's a few more names in the keywords that could be checked out, too.

Regardless if these companies are connected or not, they are a huge part of the problem with drug rehabs like narconon being able to take insurance. If an insurance company wont cover inpatient costs for treatment, these guys bill for outpatient services or outrageous amounts of lab work. Ive seen them charge $675 for one outpatient session and they charge insurance daily. This along with labs and you have a nice little scam going. If the rehab spend $10 to do a urinalysis test and then sends it to a lab who is in on the billing, they can charge $200 or so. Guys like Per will drug test 3 to 5 times a week.

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"But now," says the Once-ler, "Now that you're here,the word of the Lorax seems perfectly clear.UNLESS someone like you,cares a whole awful lot,nothing is going to get better. Its not!" - Dr. Seuss

Not sure if there is a connection here, but this company is 15 minutes away from MedPro and the President's bio indicates she's worked elsewhere in the field and is on the board in other companies. Her company handles St. Gregory, which is another non-traditional rehab.

Mary,

Do you know of any connection between these two companies?

I could find nothing except that they are competitors and in the same area of FL. She may have worked in the past with MedPro Billing but no evidence of that. From this statement on her website it seems she's been in the business for a while and president of another company before starting this company.:

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Reimbursement expert Zarina R. Delmarr gained industry-wide praise for revolutionizing billing services in the mental health and substance abuse treatment industry. After retiring as president of a nationwide reimbursement firm, Zarina decided her work was not yet complete. The field is evolving, she concluded, and so should its billing service providers.

Here are corp and business document info on her past and current business activities

I am a volunteer advocate for victims of the Narconon scam. I am a former scientologist. I post anonymously. Mary McConnell is my long time nom de plume. Feel free to contact me for assistance in righting the wrongs.

INSURANCE BILLING INFORMATIONFREEDOM CENTER will automatically provide insurance billing at a service fee of 15% of the recovered amount. We will make every attempt to get reimbursement for the maximum benefit allowable by your insurance company's contractual benefits.

In order to correctly process the insurance we will need the insurance information given to us in advance. This is so we have the time needed to prepare for the submission of the claim. Then MedPro billing will create a claim and submit it to the insurance company of the student for processing. MedPro will follow up to ensure they receive it and have all data needed to begin processing the claim. Insurance companies usually take another 30 days before they will even begin to process.

Prior approval or precertification by the member may be required in some instances, especially if the treatment program is out of state. It is the guarantor’s responsibility to check with the insurance company on whether this is required. If so, feel free to contact our medical biller with any questions on how to proceed or simply verify approval prior to the student’s arrival.

Once the claim has been processed, a check will be sent payable to us for all benefits. The Finance department will deposit the check and a new check will be issued to the guarantor for 85% of the amount received, not to exceed the program fee total. Of course, FREEDOM CENTER cannot guarantee that any insurance company or any other source of funding will pay, but can only make estimations or suggestions based on what information the insurance company provides to us. The responsible party understands that if insurance does not pay they are liable for all fees.

If you wish to check status of the claim, you should contact your Insurance Company's customer service department on the back of the card. Should you choose to waive this insurance billing service, please inform us in writing. We will instead, provide you with a claim to process on your own at a fee of $398.00. We assume no responsibility for any and all insurance billing. If insurance does not pay, it is the responsibility of the responsible party to pay the balance due for the program.

I'd be interested to hear what others think about the reimbursement of 85% instead of 100%, and also the $398.00 fee for giving the client a claim for them to submit on their own. This seems highly irregular to me. Most people would hear that $398 figure, and say, "ok you file it for me", but in reality, NN can possibly be getting much, much more than that, even if they're honest about the 85%/15% split!

INSURANCE BILLING INFORMATIONFREEDOM CENTER will automatically provide insurance billing at a service fee of 15% of the recovered amount. We will make every attempt to get reimbursement for the maximum benefit allowable by your insurance company's contractual benefits.

In order to correctly process the insurance we will need the insurance information given to us in advance. This is so we have the time needed to prepare for the submission of the claim. Then MedPro billing will create a claim and submit it to the insurance company of the student for processing. MedPro will follow up to ensure they receive it and have all data needed to begin processing the claim. Insurance companies usually take another 30 days before they will even begin to process.

Prior approval or precertification by the member may be required in some instances, especially if the treatment program is out of state. It is the guarantor’s responsibility to check with the insurance company on whether this is required. If so, feel free to contact our medical biller with any questions on how to proceed or simply verify approval prior to the student’s arrival.

Once the claim has been processed, a check will be sent payable to us for all benefits. The Finance department will deposit the check and a new check will be issued to the guarantor for 85% of the amount received, not to exceed the program fee total. Of course, FREEDOM CENTER cannot guarantee that any insurance company or any other source of funding will pay, but can only make estimations or suggestions based on what information the insurance company provides to us. The responsible party understands that if insurance does not pay they are liable for all fees.

If you wish to check status of the claim, you should contact your Insurance Company's customer service department on the back of the card. Should you choose to waive this insurance billing service, please inform us in writing. We will instead, provide you with a claim to process on your own at a fee of $398.00. We assume no responsibility for any and all insurance billing. If insurance does not pay, it is the responsibility of the responsible party to pay the balance due for the program.

I'd be interested to hear what others think about the reimbursement of 85% instead of 100%, and also the $398.00 fee for giving the client a claim for them to submit on their own. This seems highly irregular to me. Most people would hear that $398 figure, and say, "ok you file it for me", but in reality, NN can possibly be getting much, much more than that, even if they're honest about the 85%/15% split!

Its not reimbursement if they are taking 15%. Its scamontolgy. Why take 15%? They are already overcharging and making shit up to milk the insurance companies. Fortunately they are greedy and this always gets people caught. Its only a matter of time....

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"But now," says the Once-ler, "Now that you're here,the word of the Lorax seems perfectly clear.UNLESS someone like you,cares a whole awful lot,nothing is going to get better. Its not!" - Dr. Seuss

Its not reimbursement if they are taking 15%. Its scamontolgy. Why take 15%? They are already overcharging and making shit up to milk the insurance companies. Fortunately they are greedy and this always gets people caught. Its only a matter of time....

Maybe they hope the math will confuse people, so they don't realize they're really taking way more than 15%. Do you know how many people can't calculate percentages?

So, I decided to google the phone number (954-587-7111) for MedPro (with and without "HIPAA" as another key word) and got 18 businesses and several have the NPI information (why I include the "HIPAA" keyword). So why would so many separate entities have the same phone number (and there are shared fax numbers between some of these)?

So, I decided to google the phone number (954-587-7111) for MedPro (with and without "HIPAA" as another key word) and got 18 businesses and several have the NPI information (why I include the "HIPAA" keyword). So why would so many separate entities have the same phone number (and there are shared fax numbers between some of these)?

Good question, who me?

There must have been some kind of funky character interfering with your post being complete. Look what all I turned up when I quoted you: